Thailand Election Results
Could Extend Stalemate

Amid Low Turnout,
Parliamentary Seats
May Not Be Filled

BANGKOK -- Yesterday's snap Thai election, called by embattled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bid to end a political crisis, might result in prolonging the country's deadlock.

Mr. Thaksin's party will win most of the parliamentary contests, but, thanks to an opposition boycott, it wasn't clear early today whether it won enough votes to seat a full new Parliament, a prerequisite for that body to select a new prime minister.